CVE-2003-0148

Description

The default installation of MSDE via McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0 through 3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a series of steps that (1) obtain the database administrator username and encrypted password in a configuration file from the ePO server using a certain request, (2) crack the password due to weak cryptography, and (3) use the password to pass commands through xp_cmdshell.

Affected products

• McAfee / epolicy_orchestrator2.0 – 2.0
• McAfee / epolicy_orchestrator2.5 – 2.5
• McAfee / epolicy_orchestrator2.5 – 2.5
• McAfee / epolicy_orchestrator2.5.1 – 2.5.1
• McAfee / epolicy_orchestrator3.0 – 3.0

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a073103-1.txt
• MISChttp://www.nai.com/us/promos/mcafee/epo_vulnerabilities.asp